Investment Opportunity in Shallow Water Fields in Brazil - Investidor

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certain shallow water assets located in the Campos basin in Brazil (the “Potential ... .brasil-rounds.gov.br/arquivos/Ed...

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Investment Opportunity in Shallow Water Fields in Brazil Pargo Package July 2017

Investment Opportunity in Shallow Water in Brazil Overview Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”) is undertaking a process (the “Process”) to sell its entire operating working interests in certain shallow water assets located in the Campos basin in Brazil (the “Potential Transaction”). The assets have been arranged in one package (the “Package”) as outlined in the following table:

Package

Basin

Fields

Water Depth (m)

Petrobras WI

2017 H1 Production (boe/d)

Oil %

Pargo

Campos

Carapeba, Vermelho, Pargo

80-100

100%

13,282

98%

 The Package is located in shallow water at a distance of ~60 km from the coast with reservoir depth between c.2,700 to 3,750m  Currently producing from 57 wells and 7 fixed platforms, from which oil and gas are transported to an onshore processing and separation facility, Cabiunas, through platform PGP-1  Some exploration prospects identified  Licence expiry in 2025 with potential to extend

Location Map

Historical Production (kboe/d) 35 30 25 Vermelho

20 15 Pargo

10

Campos Basin

Carapeba

5 0 2010

2011

2012 Carapeba

2013 Vermelho

2014

2015

2016

Pargo

Highlights  Producing assets with track record in a proven petroleum system with first oil achieved in the late 1980’s  Attractive fiscal terms – Round zero concessions with no local content requirements  High degree of control over spending given 100% operating working interest

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Investment Opportunity in Shallow Water in Brazil Prospective Assignee Requirements 1. In order to participate in this Process, the prospective assignee must meet the following criteria (“Eligibility Criteria”): 1.1 Have the qualification under Agência Nacional do Petróleo (ANP) to act as operator A or B (or both) 1.2 In case the prospective assignee does not meet the criteria set forth in item 1.1 above, it shall meet the following criteria: 1.2.1 Financial qualification (A) Financial requirement to qualify as operator B as defined by ANP under paragraph 7.3.1.1 of ANP’s Tender Protocol for Award of Exploration and Production Activities of Oil and Natural Gas Under the Concession Regime – 13th Bidding Round (“ANP’s Protocol”)(1) or (B) If the prospective assignee, for any reason, does not meet the required financial threshold as per item 1.2.1.A above and intends to partner with a financial sponsor, it must provide: (i) a letter from the financial partner stating that it will finance the Potential Transaction; and (ii) proof that the financial sponsor is responsible for managing at least US$5bn in Assets Under Management 1.2.2 Technical qualification The prospective assignee must obtain a minimum score of 30 points according to the terms detailed in section 7.2.1 of ANP’s Protocol(1), as follows: (A) Qualification by the experience of the prospective assignee or its corporate group (as per section 7.2.1.1 of ANP’s Protocol), considering the sum of: • Score by experience in E & P activities (section 7.2.1.1.1) • Score by time of experience in E & P activities (section 7.2.1.1.2) • Score by volume of production of the last five years (section 7.2.1.1.3) • Score by amount of investments in exploration in the last five years (section 7.2.1.1.4) • Score by aspects related to Safety, Environment and Health (SMS) (section 7.2.1.1.5) or (B) Qualification for the experience of the members of the technical framework of the prospective assignee (as per section 7.2.1.2 of ANP’s Protocol(1)) 2. Prospective assignee is allowed to form a consortium with an independent party or parties to participate in this Process 2.1 In this case, the prospective assignee will be required to inform Petrobras, in writing, of such intention and the independent party will be required to sign a separate Confidentiality Agreement and Compliance Certificate as set forth in item 7, and it shall meet the requirements set forth in items 3 and 4 below 2.2 Independent party or parties will be allowed to participate in the Process together with the initial prospective assignee, considering that, for all purposes and intents of this Process, the initial prospective assignee and such independent party shall be treated as one prospective assignee 2.3 For the purposes of this Process, the parties must indicate which consortium member shall be considered the leader of such consortium 2.4 The leader of the consortium shall fulfill the Eligibility Criteria

(1) The guideline can be found in the following link: http://www.brasil-rounds.gov.br/arquivos/Edital_R13/Pre-edital_R13_English_05082015.pdf

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Investment Opportunity in Shallow Water in Brazil Prospective Assignee Requirements (Cont’d) 3. Neither the prospective assignee nor any of its affiliates can: (A) be subject to, be owned or be controlled by a person or entity subject to: any economic, financial or trade (i) sanctions, (ii) regulations, (iii) embargoes or (iv) restrictive measures all related to E&P activities on shallow waters fields (Sanctioned Person), and that were administered, enacted, imposed or enforced by the World Bank, the United Nations Security Council, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the European Union, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Brazil, and the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing (B) be located, incorporated, organized, or resident in a country subject to any economic, financial or trade (i) sanctions, (ii) regulations, (iii) embargoes or (iv) restrictive measures, all related to E&P activities on shallow waters fields (Sanctioned Country) and that were administered, enacted, imposed or enforced by the World Bank, the United Nations Security Council, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the European Union, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Brazil and the respective governmental institutions and agencies of any of the foregoing (C) have any business affiliation or commercial dealings with, or investments in, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person 4. In addition, the prospective assignee and its affiliates shall not be included in any of the following restrictive lists: (A) “Cadastro Nacional de Empresas Inidôneas, Suspensas e Punidas” (Available at: http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br/ceis) (B) “Empresas impedidas de transacionar com a PETROBRAS” (Available at: http://transparencia.petrobras.com.br/licitacoes-contratos) 5. The subsequent fitting of prospective assignee, or any of its affiliates, in the hypothesis of item 3 or 4 above, will be eliminated from the Process 6. Furthermore, by participating in this Process, the prospective assignee shall undertake not to take any action or omit to take any action that would violate any applicable law related to business ethics, including but not limited to the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Brazilian anti-bribery laws (specially the Brazilian Federal Act n. 12.846/2013) and the principles described in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (hereinafter “Anti-Bribery Law”) 7. In order to participate in the Process and comply with the requirements set forth in item 3 above, the prospective assignee shall sign a Compliance Certificate and must indicate, if applicable, whether it is subject to any kind of sanction, even if it considers that the sanction does not prevent its participation in the Process. In case the prospective assignee is subject to sanctions, it must describe in the Compliance Certificate the nature and details of the sanction, as well as indicate the restrictions arising therefrom 7.1 The accuracy of this statement and the fulfillment of the requirements above will be verified by Petrobras after the undertaking of the confidentiality obligations required to participate in this Process 8. All qualifications and regulatory requirements for the assignment of concession contract with ANP are the sole responsibility of the prospective assignee (and of all consortium members, if applicable)

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Investment Opportunity in Shallow Water in Brazil The Process  Prospective assignee interested in the Package is required to submit a letter of declaration to Petrobras confirming that the Eligibility Criteria have been fulfilled  Upon request by Petrobras, the prospective assignee is required to provide supporting documentation  In order to have access to relevant and confidential technical, legal and financial information, including a process letter, the prospective assignee is required to sign a Confidentiality Agreement(s) by September 08, 2017. Any extensions of this deadline will be communicated in due time  Access to Data Room can only be granted after the prospective assignee has undertaken such confidential obligation and signed a Compliance Certificate  Petrobras reserves the right to amend the Process as it may deem appropriate, provided any change is equally informed to all interested parties  Petrobras may, during the Process, perform preventive risk analysis, in compliance with Anti-Bribery Law and the Petrobras Program for Preventing Corruption - PPPC, and may ask any participant to fill out a detailed questionnaire to verify the compliance of its practices and conducts with the Anti-Bribery Law  Petrobras has retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch (“BofAML”) as its exclusive financial advisor (the “Advisor”) for the Potential Transaction  All queries regarding the Potential Transaction should be addressed exclusively to the email address set forth below  Project email: [email protected]

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This Opportunity Overview (the “Teaser”) is being furnished to prospective assignees and published in Petrobras site ("http://www.investidorpetrobras.com.br/en") with the purpose to present the Potential Transaction. This document is being provided only with the purpose of verifying the interest of the market in the opportunity and therefore do not oblige PETROBRAS to start or to conclude the Process for the sale of its assets. This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act) that merely reflect the expectations of PETROBRAS’ management. Such terms as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “forecast”, “intend”, “plan”, “project”, “seek”, “should”, along with similar or analogous expressions, are used to identify such forward-looking statements. These predictions evidently involve risks and uncertainties, whether foreseen or not by PETROBRAS. Therefore, the future results of operations may differ from current expectations, and readers must not base their expectations exclusively on the information presented herein. This document is issued by PETROBRAS in the context of the Potential Transaction. It has been prepared by PETROBRAS and not by any other person and is furnished to the recipient/participant by PETROBRAS solely for its information and should not be relied upon and shall not confer rights or remedies upon, the recipient/participant or any of its employees, creditors, holders of securities or other equity holders or any other person. This Teaser has been assembled for the sole purpose of determining whether the prospective assignees wish to receive further information for analysis in connection with the Potential Transaction upon undertaking certain confidentiality obligations provided prospective assignees meet the abovementioned requirements to participate in the Process. Although this document was prepared in good faith and the information provided herein may be obtained from publicly available sources, neither PETROBRAS nor any of its affiliates nor any of its associates, nor subsidiary companies (the “PETROBRAS Group”), nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisers or agents, is making any representations or warranties, expressed or implied, as to the fairness, accuracy, reliability, sufficiency, reasonableness or completeness of such information, statements or opinions contained in, or otherwise in relation to, this document or any written or oral information made available to any interested party, and no liability whatsoever is accepted by any such person in relation to any such information or opinion. Only those representations and warranties which may be made on a definitive agreement concerning the Potential Transaction (which will not contain any representations, warranties or undertakings as to this document) shall have any effect. In particular, any prospective assignee will, so far as permitted by law, be required to acknowledge in the definitive agreement relating to the Potential Transaction that it has not relied on or been induced to enter into such an agreement by any representation or warranty, save as expressly set out in such agreement. The information contained in this document is being delivered for information purposes only. Any financial information (“Financial Information”) contained in this document regarding any part of the PETROBRAS Group has been obtained from information (“Source Data”) prepared by PETROBRAS management for internal purposes only and not with a view toward disclosure to third parties and may not comply with IFRS, UK, BR or US GAAP. No attempt has been made by PETROBRAS to audit or verify the Source Data or the Financial Information or any other financial information. Furthermore, any information that might be contained in this document regarding oil reserves and resources, production estimates and any other prospective information regarding the quantity or quality of oil resources is subject to a number of factors and involve a number of risks which cannot be predicted by PETROBRAS Group. For example, it is not possible to predict in advance of drilling and testing whether any particular prospect will contain oil or natural gas, or if it does contain oil or natural gas, whether it will be in sufficient quantities to be economically viable. This material is necessarily based upon information available to this date and considering market conditions, economic and other conditions in the situation where they are and how these can be evaluated at the moment. PETROBRAS does not consider that the Financial Information that might be herein contained is or should be taken as a reliable indication of the projected financial performance or any other matter. The Financial Information may include certain forward-looking statements and forecasts including statements with respect to financial conditions and results of operations relating to certain business and cost savings, management’s plans and objectives for relevant assets. These statements and forecasts involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and may be based on certain assumptions with regard to the future evolution of a series of magnitudes and of the economy in general, which may not be fulfilled and, thus, the conclusions reached in this document may be altered accordingly. No representation is made that any of these statements or forecasts will come to pass or that any forecast result will be achieved. Actual outcomes are highly likely to vary from any such forward-looking statements or projections and such variations may be material. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from any of those expressed or implied by any such statements and forecasts, such as, but not limited to, the ability to achieve cost savings, exposure to fluctuations in exchange rates for foreign currencies, inflation and adverse economic conditions. Nothing contained in this document is or should be relied upon as a promise or representation as to the future. Except where otherwise expressly indicated, this document speaks as of the date hereof. Neither the delivery of this document nor any purchase of any of the securities, assets, businesses or undertakings of PETROBRAS or any related entity shall, under any circumstances, be construed to indicate or imply that there has been no change in the affairs of the PETROBRAS Group since the date hereof. In addition, no responsibility or liability or duty of care is or will be accepted by the PETROBRAS Group or its respective affiliates, advisers, directors or employees for updating this document (or any additional information), correcting any inaccuracies in it which may become apparent or providing any additional information to any recipient/participant. The information contained in this document is necessarily based on economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available as of, the date hereof or as stated herein. It should be understood that subsequent developments may affect such information and that the PETROBRAS Group have no obligation to update or revise such information. This document does not constitute a prospectus or an offer for the sale or purchase of any shares or other securities in, or any underlying assets of, any member of the PETROBRAS Group or otherwise enter into the Potential Transaction, and does not constitute any form of commitment on the part of any member of the PETROBRAS Group or any other person to enter into any transaction or otherwise. Neither this document, nor any other written or oral information made available to any recipient/participant or its advisers will form the basis of any contract or commitment whatsoever. Any proposal regarding a possible transaction between any member of the PETROBRAS Group and the recipient/participant will only give rise to any contractual obligations on the part of such member of the PETROBRAS Group when a definitive agreement has been executed. PETROBRAS reserves the right without liability, to change, to amend or replace this Teaser and the furnished information and to amend, modify, delay, accelerate or terminate the Process, negotiations and discussions at any time and in any respect, regarding the Potential Transaction or to terminate negotiations with any prospective assignee/recipient/participant of this document, provided such is equally informed to all participants and always observing the impartiality and equal treatment. PETROBRAS undertakes no obligation to provide the recipients/participants with access to any additional information. The recipient/participant acknowledges that it will be solely responsible for its own assessment of the market and the market position of any member of the PETROBRAS Group or any of its securities, assets or liabilities or any part thereof and that it will conduct its own analysis and be solely responsible for forming its own view of the value and potential future performance of the same. Nothing contained within this Teaser is, or should be, interpreted as or relied upon as a promise or representation as to future events or undertakings. Recipients/Participants shall keep their relationship with PETROBRAS confidential with regard to the Potential Transaction and shall not disclose to any third party that they have received this document or that they are assessing their interest in the Potential Transaction. In no circumstances will any member of the PETROBRAS Group or any of its advisers be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with any appraisal or investigation of any member or part of the PETROBRAS Group or for any other costs and expenses incurred by a recipient/participant. Recipients/Participants of this document and their representatives should observe any applicable legal requirements in their jurisdiction. Accordingly, the recipient/participant agrees that neither the recipient/participant nor any of its agents or affiliates shall use such information save for the purposes specified in this notice or document and shall not use such information for any other commercial purpose. The distribution of this document in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law and, accordingly, by accepting this document, recipients/participants represent that they are able to receive/access it without contravention of any unfulfilled registration requirements or other legal or regulatory restrictions in the jurisdiction in which they reside or conduct business. No liability is accepted to any person in relation to the distribution or possession of the document in or from any jurisdiction. This document does not purport to give legal, tax or financial advice and should not be considered as a recommendation by any member of the PETROBRAS Group or any of their respective representatives, directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents or any other person to enter into any transactions and recipients/participants are recommended to seek their own financial and other advice, and are expected to adopt their own decisions without basing them on this document. As indicated herein, this document is solely for your information and should not be relied upon and shall not confer rights or remedies upon the recipient/participant or any other person. This document shall not exclude any liability for, or remedy in respect of, fraudulent misrepresentation. By accepting this document, the recipient/participant agrees to be bound by the foregoing limitations.

No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by Bank of America Merrill Lynch or any of its respective affiliates, employees or representatives (“BofAML”) as to the fairness, accuracy, reliability, reasonableness or completeness of any information, statements or opinions contained in, or otherwise in relation to, this document or any written or oral information made available to any interested party, and no liability whatsoever is accepted by any such person in relation to any such information or opinion. BofAML does not make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any data contained in this presentation regarding oil reserves and resources, exploration timelines, production estimates, among others. BofAML is not responsible in the whole or in part, expressly or impliedly, for any errors, omissions or sufficiency of information or other information sent or offered via written or oral forms, and nothing here shall be considered as a representation or warranty, in the present or in the future, of BofAML. This material is necessarily based upon information available to this date and considering market conditions, economic and other conditions in the situation where they are and how these can be evaluated at the moment. In addition, no responsibility or liability or duty of care is or will be accepted by BofAML or their respective affiliates, advisers, directors or employees for updating this document (or any additional information), correcting any inaccuracies in it which may become apparent or providing any additional information to any recipient. The information contained in this document is necessarily based on economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available as of, the date hereof or as stated herein. It should be understood that subsequent developments may affect such information and that BofAML has no obligation to update or revise such information. BofAML will not provide any advice to the recipient regarding any law or regulation potentially applicable to the Potential Transaction, including rules or procedures applicable to such transaction.

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